Bro, this looks great. Let me tell you.I have a '98 Mustang, and I was thinking of throwing in a screen.
Thanks man, it definitely takes a bit of work, at least going with an oversized screen, a 7" screen or so probably would have dropped right into my double din opening without much of a problem and look very clean.
What screen you using? I was thinking of using a 7" Lilliput.It all seems daunting, though. How much did the screen cost and the PSU?
I am using this screen here,
Shark 10.4" touchscreen the price goes up and down I would say weekly if not daily. I snagged it down around $180 which I think was pretty much the cheapest I have seen it, and it was originally $215 about a year or so ago. 7" Lilliput would be a good choice for sure.
The PSU I got is this
OPUS 320W ATX/BTX As far as I know it is the biggest one out there and could be overkill for my system but I didn't build the most efficient system I could since if it doesn't work out for me I would rather build a desktop computer out of the left over parts instead of having some specialty components to sell. There are some pretty sweet little parts out there though that can be used easily for carPC stuff. I bought mine directly from OPUS and its listed at $185 atm on their page.
And is the PSU easy to hook up?
Pretty easy, the setup is a bit more tricky but its not hard at all. The primary pig tail has 3 12v+ wires and 3 ground wires that can be hooked up just like any amp, I have mine connected to 8ga kicker wire that runs into my distrobution blocks. Then there is a standard remote turn on wire, this gets connected just like an amp to the back of the HU. There are a few extra wires also that can be used for some other custom features. Connecting it to the computer side is very simply, it comes with a harness that plugs into the PSU and then plugs into the standard 24pin and 4pin mobo connectors as well as another harness that connects to the hard drive and whatever else you might have.
The hardest setup I found was the jumpers that needed to be setup. They only include one jumper with the PSU (least in my case.) It wasn't that it was hard or anything but that it seems in my system it works best without any jumpers. There is one that sets the startup/shutdown voltage and then startup/shutdown timer which I will need to set later on. Currently mine is setup with a standard ATX power/reset button that I cut out of an old case.
And, can you try to explain how the PC turns into RCA? Is it just a connector? I mean, I can only assume there's a splitter from the jack to the mids/highs and then another splitter from sub to sub on the HU?
Yes, I am using just a simple connector. You can buy them at Radio Shack, its just a 3.5mm headphone jack (out of the computer) and then turns into 2 male RCA connectors which I bought RCA connector barrel plugs so I could extend it all the way up to the Head unit. At the head unit I bought an Alpine auxilary input harness that the RCA's plug into. Works like a charm so far.
hope this helps, let me know if ya got any more questions and I will see what I can do.
